Parasol attachment for children s carriages



(No Model.)

J. A. ORANDALL. Parasol Attachment for Children's Carriages Patented May 10,188l.

N PETERS, Pholo-Lnhcgr-lpher. Washington, 0. c.

spective view showing JESSE A. CRANDALL, OF BROOKLYN, NEYV YORlQ.

PARASOL ATTAC H SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. Application filed March 19,1881.

MENT FOR CHILDRE NS CARRIAGES.

241,122, dated May 10, 1881.

(No model.)

To all whom it may Be it known that Brooklyn, in the county New York, have invented an sol Attachment to Childrens Carriages, 0 which the following is a specification.

Figure 1 is a side view of a portion ofa childs carriage showing my improved parasol attachment, partly in section. Fig. 2 is a detail perthe front end of the parasol-carrying bar. Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view, on an enlarged scale, of the rear end of said bar, showing how it is attached to the post. Fig. A is a top view of the portion shown in Fig. 3; and Fig. 5 is a detail side l'iBW showing the bow-bar when the parasol is .ontracted. 1

This invention has for its object to improve the construction of apparatus for the attachment of parasols to childrens carriages, and to facilitate the adjustment of such parasols to any angle without interfering with the comfort of the occupant of the carriage.

The invention consists,first,in attaching the parasol to a jointed carrying-bar entering the parasol from below, so that on the joint of said bar the parasol can be swung into any suitable angle vertically.

The invention also consists in swiveling said bar to the supporting-post, so that on that concern:

I, J ESSE A. URANDALL, of of Kings and State of Improved Parajoint the parasol can be swung to any desired angle horizontally.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A represents part of a childs carriage of suitable construction. At the back of'that carriage is secured, in suitable sockets to and b, an upw trdly-projecting post, B. This post at its upper end has a supporting-shoulder, d, that is rigidly attached to it in suitable manner. Above this shoulder the post is threaded and adapted to receive a fastening-nut, e.

G is a bow or bar swiveled to the upper end of the post B. The rear end of the bar or bow O is perforated to admit the upper portion of the 0st B, and rests upon the shoulder d, and is held down thereon by means of the screw-nut e, as clearly indicated in Figs. 1 and 3. Thus the bow G can be swung to any desired direction on the post, and then fastened by means of the nut e.

t l fastened to the Near the front end of the upwardly-bowed bar 0 is pivoted thereto by ahorizontal pin, f, an eye or socket piece, g, which is more clearly shown in Fig. 2. This eye or socket piece is body of the bar 0 by said pivot in such manner that it can be easily swung at any angle, and yet the connection is made so tightly with reference to the weightof the parasol that the part y will by frictional contact maintain the angle to which it may be adjusted.

l) is the parasol, made like ordinary parasols,with the exception thatitis without a bandle, having only a very short central stem, h.

his central stem is justlong enough to receive the sleeve t of the braces j of the pa-rasol-ribs when the parasol is extended, as shown in Fig. 1, and is provided with the usual springs that take into said socket and serve to hold the parasol in the extended position. Theparasol is attached to the bow (J as follows: Before it is extended the lower end of the stem h, which at this time is disconnected from the sleeve 01,

' is passed from above through the eye-piece g,

and the sleeve 6 is then moved up and joined to the stem h by the fastening-springs or devices below the socket-piece g, as shown in Fig. l. The parasol is now securely held in place, and shields the child in the carriage from rain or sun. By swinging on the pivot-pin f its angle may be varied at pleasure vertically, and by swinging on the post B its position horizontally may be varied at pleasure. When the parasol is not needed in the open condition it can be folded together around the bow-piece (J, as shown in Fig. 5, the eye-piece g beingin this position nearly at right angles to the body of the bar 0.

I am aware that parasols have already been attached to supports above carriages; bntheretofore they were attached by complex joints applied to the upper ends of the stems, and were not capable of positive adjustment in either direction, such as I have shown in my foregoing description and in the drawings. desire it to be understood that by the term parasol I intend to h ave included any analogous device, such as the umbrella or the like.

I claim- 1. The combination, in a childs carriage, of the post B,with the bow-bar G swiveled there- Too to, and with the socket-piece g swiveled to said asol by receiving the stem directly above the bow-bar 0, all arranged to receive and hold a sleeve 1, substantially as described. 1c parasol which the bow enters from miderneath, This specification 0t myinvention signed by substantially as described. me this 14th day of March, 1881.

5 2. The combination of the parasol D, having JESSE A. ORANDALL.

short stem 71- and brace-holding sleeve '6 with \Vitnesses: the jointed how-bar (J, all arranged so that the VVILLY G. E. SCHULTZ,- socket-piece g of the bow-bar will hold thepar- \VILLIAM H. 0. SMITH. 

